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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

What is a woman? James asks ‘every politician in the Western world’

1 April 2022 4:00 am

At the exact moment totalitarian regimes in Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran are threatening global peace and stability, the…

Wokeism: the next big religion

31 March 2022 2:00 pm

One of the more intriguing aspects of neo-Marxist inspired wokeness, notwithstanding its avowed secular nature and hostility to Christianity, is…

Can the ABC be accused of racism?

31 March 2022 12:00 pm

I think it’s a legitimate question. With monotonous regularity, we get fact-free, ideological rants masquerading as news on their various…

There is still no rape crisis on campus

31 March 2022 9:00 am

Five years ago, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted a million-dollar survey to try to find evidence of a rape…

Those damned dams

31 March 2022 4:00 am

While it was very pleasing to this old water conservation enthusiast to hear PM Morrison announce a 5.4 billion funding…

Kate and Will’s fabulous Caribbean journey?

30 March 2022 12:00 pm

Well, Kate and Will’s ‘Horrible Caribbean Journey’ is at an end and I now have a chest full of newspaper…

Authoritarianism gets women hot…

30 March 2022 9:00 am

To understand why the rise of authoritarianism in once-liberal Western democracies is greeted – not by resistance, but rapturous applause…

Can men have babies? Albo says ‘no’, Labor says ‘yes’

30 March 2022 4:00 am

Anthony Albanese has incensed LGBTQ+ activists by saying men can’t have babies, but the public don’t believe him when he says he’s not Woke.…

Frydenberg is wrong, Australia is in economic decline

29 March 2022 2:00 pm

The economy is not bounding ahead as declared by the Treasurer, it is stagnant – probably even in decline. There…

Is WorkSafe doing its job?

29 March 2022 12:00 pm

The effort to prosecute the Victorian government – including the Premier and his ministers, over the 2020 Hotel Quarantine disaster…

Trust ‘the science’ – or else

29 March 2022 7:30 am

Science used to be seen as something revolutionary – a catalyst for incredible change with the potential to bring about…

Challenge to WA mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial

29 March 2022 4:00 am

On Tuesday, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA Police Mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial. The last month,…

The ‘Green’ shades of political hypocrisy

28 March 2022 2:00 pm

It was only last month that the Leader of the Victorian Greens, Samantha Ratnam, called on the government to ensure…

‘Mean Girls’ will shape the next election

28 March 2022 12:00 pm

Liberals are basking in schadenfreude after allegations of bullying were levelled at Labor’s Senate leadership team of Penny Wong, Katy…

Teaching sexual consent in high schools

28 March 2022 9:00 am

Last month it was announced all Australian high school students are to be taught about sexual consent and coercion. Mandatory…

Judge Jackson and the ‘Cult of the Woke’

28 March 2022 4:00 am

The Great Awokening has reached every nook and cranny of our culture. And the impact of this disease is now…

A South Australian perspective

27 March 2022 12:00 pm

Inserted appropriately between Australia’s buttock states – Western Australia and Victoria – lies that curious social phenomenon of South Australia.…

Gareth Ward and the presumption of innocence

27 March 2022 4:00 am

I live in Kiama, a village just south of Wollongong. It is the centre of a small state seat. Its…

Those are ‘my’ islands!

26 March 2022 12:00 pm

While the West inflicts sanctions on Russia, Japan has decided to call it quits on a high-profile peace negotiation regarding…

What is a ‘woman’?

26 March 2022 4:00 am

I happen to know that a woman is an adult female. And these days, that makes me a veritable genius.…

Today’s forecast? More ‘doom and gloom’

25 March 2022 2:00 pm

I am weary of forever reading and listening to doom merchants. They are everywhere, on the TV, radio, and all…

What the Great War taught us about ‘establishment thinking’

25 March 2022 12:00 pm

Establishment thinking can be lethal, especially when the establishment are the ‘elite’ and their prevailing paradigm is not adaptable enough…

Sydney University’s climate change agenda

25 March 2022 9:00 am

As a Sydney University Student in my final year of an undergraduate degree, the past three years have been a…

Daniel Andrews’ ‘casual’ betrayal of workers

25 March 2022 4:00 am

The Victorian government’s Sick Pay Guarantee, launched on March 14 of this year, provides taxpayer-funded sick and personal leave entitlements…

A year of death and of unknowing

24 March 2022 2:00 pm

Though we may still be in the early stages of a long, bitter conflict, an estimated 7,000 Russians and 1,300 Ukrainians…